Ed Ainsworth (see previous post) was the ringleader of a small arts colony on the North Shore of the Salton Sea.
Carl Bray Notecards
The Indian Wells Historic Preservation Foundation is selling note cards featuring Carl Bray paintings of classic desert scenes. The price is $10 for a box of 5 cards.
Desert Art Center Paint-Outs and Classes
The dedicated and talented painter Elaine Mathews leads the Paint-Outs for the Desert Art Center in Palm Springs through May.
Artist Edna Hollinger
The Coachella Valley lost an important figure in desert painting in July with the death of Edna Hollinger.
Artist Jay Von Werlhof
In another loss, the desert archaeologist and artist Jay von Werlhof of Ocotillo died on December 10, 2009.
The Life and Work of Marjorie Reed
Gary Fillmore, owner of the Blue Coyote Gallery near Phoenix, has helped to assemble a show of traditional and contemporary landscape artists of the West.